I should have ignored it.Thrown it away. Set it afire. But I
didn’t. I replied.

With a plus one.

And then my assistant accidentally mailed it.

Enter Hayes Whitley. Mega-movie star. The man who has
captured the hearts of millions. But I gave him mine years ago. He was my first
love. He was my everything. Right until he up and left to chase his dreams
without so much as a simple goodbye.

When he showed up out of the blue ten years later, I should
have known to steer clear. I should have rejected his offer to take me to my
ex’s wedding. I should have never let him kiss me.

But I didn’t.

And now we’re left wondering if the pieces of the life we
once shared still fit together somehow. First loves are hard to forget. The
question is, do we want to forget? Or do we risk the chance and see what
happens next?

Excerpt

I hear my
name. I think I do anyway, and it distracts me enough momentarily that Hayes is
able to grab and pull me tighter into him, the cupcake now inches from my face.

We stare
at each other in a silent standoff, hearts racing and eyes daring. His gaze flickers
over my shoulder and then back to mine as I prepare myself for the smash.

But it
doesn’t come.

Instead
he eases up and only dabs the frosting against the tip of my nose.

I sigh in
relief.

Then gasp
out in shock.

Because
Hayes’s lips are on mine.

And not
just a friendly peck. Not hardly. The hand that held the cupcake is now empty.
Chocolate fallen by the wayside for a kiss. His fingers, sticky with frosting,
are on my cheeks directing my face. But there’s no thought of the frosting
he’ll get on my face or how funny it’s going to look when we walk back to our
villa because all I can think about is Hayes.

I could
tell myself I part my lips—grant him access—because I’m winded and need to
breathe, but that would be a lie.
Because the minute his tongue dances against mine, all I want to do is drown in
his kiss. In the familiarity of it. In the difference of it. The unexpectedness
of it. The comfort of it. In everything
about him.

Hayes
Whitley is kissing me. Again.

Finally.

His
fingers are possessive—on the underside of my jaw and the small of my back—and
the soft groan he emits communicates everything his lips are expressing and
more.

His taste
consumes me. The chocolate on his tongue. The spark of desire. The lick of
lust. The sense of calm riled up by an overload of emotion.

My hands
slide up the plane of his back over skin heated by the sun and slick with
frosting. His muscles bunch beneath my palms as he shifts the angle of the
kiss.

His
tongue tantalizes and torments. Begs me to want more with its tender caresses
and then switches gear and demands me to keep pace. To allow him to possess and
claim.

And the
singular sensation of rightness he is making me feel. A sensation I don’t think
I had ever realized was missing since he’d left, but now know I’ll never be
able to live without.

About the Author:

New York Times Bestselling author K.
Bromberg writes contemporary novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional,
a whole lot of sexy and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong
heroines and damaged heroes who we love to hate and hate to love.

She’s a mixture of most of her female
characters: sassy, intelligent, stubborn, reserved, outgoing, driven,
emotional, strong, and wears her heart on her sleeve. All of which she displays
daily with her husband and three children where they live in Southern
California.

On a whim, K. Bromberg decided to try her
hand at this writing thing. Since then she has written The Driven Series
(Driven, Fueled, Crashed, Raced, Aced), the standalone Driven Novels (Slow
Burn, Sweet Ache, Hard Beat, and Down Shift (Releasing 10/4/16)), and a short
story titled UnRaveled. She is currently finishing up Sweet Cheeks a standalone
novel out at the end of 2016.

Her plans for 2017 include a sports
romance duet (The Player (#1) and The Catch (#2)) and the Everyday Heroes
series (Cuffed (#1), Combust (#2), and Cockpit (#3). She’s also writing a
novella for the 1,001 Dark Night series that will be out in February 2017.
She loves to hear from her readers so make sure you check her out on social
media.